Head of Product Engineering

LegalAndGeneral; Greater London; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm is seeking an experienced Head of Product Engineering to oversee product strategy and engineering practices. This role involves leading cross-functional teams, ensuring compliance with regulations, and driving innovation in technology solutions. The ideal candidate should possess a strong technical background in software engineering and leadership experience in a regulated environment. Competitive benefits include performance bonuses and flexible working options.

Benefits

Annual performance-related bonus

Generous pension contribution

Life assurance

Healthcare Plan

Flexible working options

Electric car scheme

Work-life balance initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in building and leading cross-functional teams.
• Deep understanding of software engineering solution architecture.
• Experience within regulated financial services.

Responsibilities

• Define the product engineering strategy aligned with business objectives.
• Oversee software delivery to meet budget and quality standards.
• Foster a culture of innovation and technical excellence.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Agile methodologies

DevSecOps

Cloud-native engineering

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related

Job description

We are seeking a strategic and experienced Head of Product Engineering to lead software engineering architecture testing and technology roadmap execution across Institutional Retirements internally developed products.

This role is accountable for driving a product-led engineering culture and delivering scalable secure and compliant technology solutions aligned with business and regulatory requirements. The ideal candidate will bring deep technical expertise and proven leadership fostering innovation excellence and continuous improvement across cross‑functional teams.

What you’ll be doing

• Defining the product engineering strategy to ensure alignment with business objectives and enterprise technology direction
• Overseeing end-to-end software delivery ensuring projects are executed on time within budget and to established quality standards
• Leading and developing high‑performing cross‑functional teams while fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement
• Ensuring compliance with security regulatory and governance requirements while effectively managing and mitigating technical debt
• Collaborating with senior stakeholders to align technology initiatives with strategic business goals and communicating technical concepts clearly to non‑technical audiences
• Driving innovation in engineering practices, tools and methodologies and benchmarking performance against industry standards to maintain competitiveness
• Upholding Consumer Duty principles by ensuring digital products and journeys are designed to support informed decision‑making and present key information transparently
• Managing employee‑related matters in accordance with Group policies and the Partnership Agreement applying consistent and fair leadership to optimise business performance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or a related discipline (or equivalent experience)
• Deep understanding of software engineering solution architecture, testing and technology road‑mapping in complex regulated environments
• Proven ability to build and lead cross‑functional product engineering teams that deliver at scale and drive cultural transformation
• Strong stakeholder management skills with experience influencing at C‑suite level
• In‑depth knowledge of Agile, DevSecOps and modern software development lifecycle methodologies
• Familiarity with cloud‑native engineering, event‑driven architectures and API‑led integration strategies
• Hands‑on experience as a software developer and/or architect in enterprise‑scale environments
• Demonstrated technology leadership within regulated financial services, ideally including pensions, life insurance or asset management

Whatever your role we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer :

• The opportunity to participate in our annual performance‑related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
• Generous pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
• At least 25 days holiday plus public holidays 26 days after 2 years service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
• Competitive family leave
• Participate in our electric car scheme which offers employees the option to hire a brand‑new electric car through tax‑efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
• Many discounts we offer both for our own products and at a range of high‑street stores and online
• In 2023 some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart

Additional Information

At L&G we believe it’s possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all.

If you join us you’ll be part of a welcoming inclusive culture with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part‑time term‑time and job shares. Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand we accommodate requests when we can.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.

Remote Work: No

Employment Type: Full‑time